USHL teams to join OHL?

[Hinterland]

A month ago, Jeff Marek dropped these news.

Today we got a follow up from Elliotte Friedman:

OHL green lights aggressive expansion plan

After a recent vote allowing Canadian Hockey League players to join men’s Division I NCAA hockey starting next season, one of the CHL's leagues is now eyeing expansion.

www.sportsnet.ca

Would certainly be an interesting development.

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[jigglysquishy]

Both teams are close enough to other American OHL teams I could see it happening.

Erie has always been a bit lonesome and Youngstown could help double up road trips.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

That would be pretty cool.

 

[JiggsNY]

I do worry for the future of the USHL as a whole. the CHL/NCAA decision was bound to make some winners and some losers, and I worry if the OHL just picks off a few of the more attractive USHL teams, then the rest left behind will suffer.

USHL as a fourth branch of CHL would have been nice to see, but does not seem to be going that way.